Sept 26, 1875. 
3dS 
PARKER’S PATENT 
Clip Cartfidp Belt, 
Price, $6.50. 
Ttiis belt rcTolree aroond the body, carries any size shell equally 
well; holds them open end op, thereby preventing the wads start- 
ing in loaded shells, and is acknowl'^dged by all as the best device 
for carrying shells to be found in the market. 
This belt gives perfect ventilation to the chest. 
Ad^ss 
PARKER BROS., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
In ordering belu give the loose measure aronnd waist orer vest. 
Breech-Loading Rifles and Shot Guns. 
CENTRAL FIRE 
0 0X0-131110.1:1011 J^TTCIS, 
! 
TO SPORTSMEN 
Desiring Fine English Guns 
Built to Order. 
For many years past onr specialty 
has been buildins; FINE GCNS to the 
order of individual sportsmen. 
The difficulty of procuring a gun ready made that will 
suit the figure, and at the same time meet all the other 
requlremenU of the sportsman, as in Weight, Gauge, 
Length, Bend, Style, Shooting Pouers, and Price, causes 
the majority of first-class shots to have their guns built to 
special order. The great drawback heretofore to this 
method of procuring a FINE GUN has been the extrava- 
gant and fancy prices charged for such work. To over- 
come this difficulty we have established a house in New 
York, thus enabling sportsmen to trade direct with the 
gun maker. We are now prepared to accept from sports- 
men orders to build FINE Guns of any desired measure- 
ment, at our list prices, which we forward with illustrated 
description of our guns on application. 
J. & W. TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS.) 
Birmingham, England. 
BRANCH HOUSE 29 M.1IDEN LANE, NEW YORK. 
Extra cloae ahooticg may be bad if deelred at same prices. 
SPORTSMEN! 
Hate toc seis THE XEW SHELL, with 
“ SLOTTED HEAD” and BERD.4.N PRIMER? 
WITH RI-LOADINQ CAPPED CABTEIDGE9. 
For conveuience, accuracy and penetration uneqniUed. Send for 
price-list and target representations. 
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., 
CHICOPEE FALLS, MAS 
Targets Made 
WITH 
Maynard Rifles. 
HALF SIZB. 
Ten Consecutive Shota. 
Twenty and Ten Rods. 
IP XOT, 
SEND FOR A SAMPLE. 
And hereafter you will 
Use No Other Shell!! 
These SDells with slotted beads are so constmcied as to enable 
eporsmen easily to remo- e the exploded caps from the ontside with 
any pointed instrument— even a common pocket-knife will do the 
work successfnliy. Once seen Sportstmn will ose no ot er shell, as 
it obriates all trunble with broite i down anvils, broken p «iiits in 
c p ejectors, holes unnehed through caps, screw head shells that 
corrode and cannot be unscrewed after a Utile use. In a word, it 
will supercede all other shells now in nse. 
PRICE $3 00 PER DOZEN. 
Sample SheU by mail 25 cis. Address 
PARKER BROTHERS, 
West Meriden, Conn. 
William Read & Sons^ 
13 FANEUIL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGENTS FOR 
W. iSc C. Scott & Sons^ 
BBEECH-LOADIXG GIX! 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUN TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards, Greener, Wehley, Moore and 
others. 
A genuine Scott Muzzle-Loading Double Gun. $25 up. 
Maynard, Ballard, Remington and Sharp Rifles. ! 
Ballard’s Breech-Loading Sporting Rifles, $18!. 
Bussey’s GYRO PIGEON TRAP for shooting practice 
Send for circulars. 
The Sturtevant Loader^ 
By rendering the process of dUing abells 
SAFE, SIMPLE, RAPID AND EAST, 
RemovcB the greatest objection to breech-loading guns. 
This implement fills shells (pa- 
per or metallic), ot any length 
and calibre; punches o3 and 
forces on caps, and a type 
stamps npon the wad the size of 
shot nsed. The charges are drawn 
from ordinary flasks flxed into 
place by a tbnmb screw, and in- 
stantly removable. No shot is 
scattered or powder spilled. The 
wade are placed with nnnenal flrm- 
neas and accuracy. This loader 
is 8M inches long, and is of the 
simplest character, with no springs 
or parts liable to break or get ont 
of repair. 
Price of Loader (see Plate) $5.00 
“ Type “ 1 SO 
" Punch “ S for Sturtevant Shells, 3 for other 
shells, each 20 
“ Bnshing “ 4 for changing calibre 25 
LIBERAL DISCOtr.VT TO THE TRADK 
Send for Cirenlar, and order of 
BENJ-4.MIN JONES. 
SCHOOL STREET, B06T0N, Mass. 
JOHig P. LOWRR, 
SPORTSMEN’S DEPOT, 381 BLAKE ST., 
COL. 
A fnll a«»ortment of varions kinda of 
GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS. AMMUNITION. SPORTING GOODS, 
FISHING TACKLE. CUTLERY, ETC., 
Coll'a. Smith & Weaaon'a. and other cartridge revolvera. Sharps, 
Wessnn'e. Winchester and Remisgion's Rifles. Breech-Loadin?, 
double and ^ingiegans. Ely's sbella, wads, cape, powder, phot, etc. 
Indian beads, ornamente an’d cmioeUiee.at lowest market pticea. 
Agent for the eaJe of Parker'e Breech- Loading Shot Guns. 
Lefeyei Bfeedi-Loadeis, 
DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT 
GUNS AND RIFLES. 
Single Barrel Breech Loading Shot Gnns. the strongest and b°st 
ever made for either light or the heaviest kind of Duck and Deer 
Shooting. Al:^o Single Barrel Breech Loading Rifles. 
Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. 
Any good muzzle loader can be changed to a breech-loader, mak> 
ingaa strong, go^, and go<>d-look ng gnn as a new hrt'ech- oader. 
Perfect sati-ifaction guaranteed with every gun altered These gnns 
are conceded, where known, to have *he strongest fastening, the 
best action, to be the best handling, the closest and hardest snoot- 
ing. a d the cheapest guns before ihe public. Locke are made re- 
boondiog. when desired. For catalogue and price list, address. 
Is. BARB£R Sc CO., 51 Clinton Sr., SYRACUSE, N, Y. 
'W^LL^OE’S 
Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks. 
The only Complete and Reliable Gnide to the deUghlfnl Fishing and 
Hunting Grunnds of 
THE GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 
NEWLY REVISED EDITION. 
Handsome 12 mo., flexible covers, red and gold, maps. etc. Abont 
800 pages. Beanlllnlly illnstrated. rnce $200. May be obtained 
• -f any book-«.ll.r, or wUJ be mailed, poet paid, on receipt nf price, 
by WAVEBLY PUBLISHING CO., 
Syraens., N. T 
ABBEY & IMBRIE, 
euccEseoEs to 
ANDREW CLERK & CO., 
48 Maiden Lane, New York. 
IMPORTERS, MANTFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 
P^ISEUKTGr TACKLE. 
On hand the largest and best asso’’tment ever exhibited in the 
United States. They particnlarly call attention to their 
TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. 
Every variety of Salmon and Trent F ies, and Hooks on Gut: 
Cntrybnnk and Pasqne Is and» Bitss Lines; Wateiproof Braided 
bilk Lines: every size and quality of 
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES; 
And every variety and style of 
Eish. E ooks. 
Parties fitted oat with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Moun- 
tains and the Pacl6c Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondack's etc. 
SPLIT BAMBOO, TROUT AND SALMON RODS 
AND REELS A SPECIALTY. 
AgenU for the SL Lawrence Fiehing Co. Sole Importem of 
Warren’6 Celebralea Drilled Eyed Needles. 
Eigeon Tra-ps. 
PARKBR^S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
“E” and. “T” 
PLVXGE TBAPS. 
These traps are made after the style of the regular plnnge traps, 
with the additional improvement-^which is patented— of so con- 
necung the covers with the plnnger, on wbi- h the bird »its, and 
from which he is th»^ON» n when the trap is operated, as to c'ose them 
when the plunger falls to place, and bv its weight holds v em down, 
so that it ts impofsible for a bird to open the covers and escape, as 
Is often the case with other plnnge traps. The special advantages 
claimed are that the 
TIME AND BIRDS SAVED 
during a single season's use of 
Parker’s Patent Self-Closing Traps, 
will more than 
REPAY ANY CLUB WHICH MAY ADOPT THEM. 
No expense is spared in mannfactnriDg these traps to make them 
STBOXG AXD DVRABLE. 
Each trap has an 
Extra Water-Tight Box 
outside the box, which protects the plunger, 
WITH COYER FOR THE SAME. 
tbns enabling the sportsman to set the trap firmly in the ground and 
remove it at any time, leaving the ontsine box, with cover, on the 
field. 
PBICE, $25 PEK PAIR. 
A pair sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
PARKER BROS., 
West ^Meriden, Conn. 
Ptecommenda-tioiis : 
From Capt. A H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of America: 
** I reckon your pigeon trap away above all other traos I eve** saw. 
It is handy to use and sure to work, I tell eveiybody I meet that 
it is the o^y trap that ought to be ns^.'* 
A. B. Bogabdcs. 
Extract from a private letter rece ved from Hox. A. C. Mattoov: 
**What can I sav that will convey to the trap shooters of this 
country a clearer idea of the excellence and sopenoriiy of vonr 
Patent’ Self-CIosine Pigeon Tiap over any other pigeon ir»p that we 
have seen, than to mesHon the fscttbatlhavtd witnessed tnc shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thuusand birds from those tiaps at our late 
coO veotion, and cannot now call to mind a single instance when 
the shooting was de av'ed an instant in conseqaen^ of di&arrange- 
ment of traps; they can be filled, with less loss of birds, and with 
greater facility than the old fashioned uaps.'' 
THESE TRAPS tVERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION, 
a*^ their annual convention, held at Batavia June, 1873, as will be 
seen by the foHoaing letter: 
**In answer to )oor favor of the ITtb, regarding the action of the 
Association abont the self closing improvpment to plunge traps. I 
would say tha: this Asai>ciaiioD has adopted them and engag'd Mr. 
Knapp to add to the eight traps, now owned by the Asso^tiou, 
this seif clofiing improvement Yours, re^pecifnlly, 
John B. Sagb, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc'n." 
OauLt-ionl 
Gentlemen pnrebaeing Shooting Ooats are warned againat an 
Inferior article bearing my name. Be sure to get tbe get nine Hola- 
blrd Waterproof Coat. W. H. HOLABIRD, 
Valparaiso, Izd 
